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Re: Dumb Ambos
Reply #45 - Jan 26^th, 2025 at 8:42am

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please enlighten me on how cars going at 80 which are now braking are speeding up your journey ?

Because you overtake them and then speed up. You even said it yourself:

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so you speed up to 90

Now can you explain how an ambulance can overtake 200 cars when it is travelling slower than all of them? If the journey takes longer, as you claim, how does it catch up to the 200th car in front of it?

If you ask me, it is not the ambulance drivers that are stupid.

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Reply #46 - Jan 26^th, 2025 at 8:52am

freediver wrote on Jan 25^th, 2025 at 10:02am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 4:38pm:

freediver wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 2:16pm:

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if he overtook 200 cars which had all slowed to snails pace looking for a place to get over the verge , he has overtaken 200 cars doing walking pace.

he has lengthened his journey

How do you overtake 200 cars while travelling slower than all 200 of them?

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this was my "lived experience"

This is you getting angry over something you do not understand.

when the ambulance was able to overtake, they had slowed to 20 kph and had 1/2 their car in a ditch.

thats how

You are not making any sense Scoot. How does slowing to 20 km/h allow the ambulance to overtake 200 vehicles that are all travelling faster than it? Are you saying all 200 vehicles pull over at the same time?

Gordon wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 6:28pm:

I'm with Scoot on this one.

What the Ambo did may have very slightly reduced their over-all travel time

So you are with Scoot, but disagree on his main point?

I said MAY have, and slightly, but it really does seem like a case of making a lot of danger for the a small amount of time possibly saved.

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Reply #47 - Jan 26^th, 2025 at 8:54am

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making a lot of danger

They are not making any danger. You are required to drive safely, including when making way for emergency vehicles. From way I have seen, everyone does.

Despite his road rage arising from his lack of understanding, I think even Scoot would have driven safely.

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I said MAY have

In the scenario described above, where an ambulance overtakes 200 vehicles, do you agree with Scoot that the Ambulance's journey would take longer?

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11915 Armidale Gender:	Re: Dumb Ambos Reply #48 - Jan 26^th, 2025 at 8:59am Young drivers or women on a congested lane with no verge can panic at the lights and siren. 1 in 200 is likely.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49400 At my desk.	Re: Dumb Ambos Reply #49 - Jan 26^th, 2025 at 9:19am I have panicked before and probably done the wrong thing. But not the unsafe thing.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11915 Armidale Gender:	Re: Dumb Ambos Reply #50 - Jan 26^th, 2025 at 9:37am So you slow down and merge left when Captain Siren roars into town?
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Reply #51 - Jan 27^th, 2025 at 1:50am

Gnads wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2025 at 6:30pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2025 at 4:13pm:

Weird to blame the ambulance driver for something that car drivers should be able to do without much trouble. Drivers are only required to slow down and pull over to the side of the road to let emergency vehicles pass. No matter how good the road may be, any licenced driver should be able to pull over to the side of the road momentarily and let emergency vehicles gets by.

When Ambulances come up behind you you don't see them or hear sirens until they are reasonably close .. it's nothing like them coming toward you.

You don't seem to have a grasp on any reality much do you?

As far as "reasonable" drivers go I'd say you aint one of them.... posting videos of how fast you get from A to B in the greater Rocky city. Roll Eyes

With your windows up, airconditioning on, music playing, you should still be able to see and hear an ambulance coming up behind your car. And if you are not looking into your rear view mirror every so often, you are not paying much attention as to what is going on.

It has been a while since I posted videos of me driving around town. Got bored of that fairly quickly.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49400 At my desk.	Re: Dumb Ambos Reply #54 - Jan 27^th, 2025 at 1:58pm Scoot, how do you catch up to and overtake a vehicle that is 200 cars in front of you, if you are travelling slower than it? I'll give you a hint, you don't need to take lots of photos to figure it out. Are you sure it is the ambos that are dumb?
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Reply #55 - Jan 27^th, 2025 at 2:57pm

hi there dumb dumb,

the number 200 was brought up by YOU in reply 15.

i doubt the dumb ambo caught up to a dozen, because he had to slow to a stop to get around each car which (as you can see) has nowhere to pull over.

and i note after driving at a very slow speed, as terrified drivers tried to pull over into a ditch, he then came to an intersection where traffic was pouring out in front of him.

so i'll ask again

dont lie and state "200 cars"

just tell me what speed you would SLOW DOWN TO to exit the above road.

take your time Roll Eyes

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Reply #56 - Jan 27^th, 2025 at 3:06pm

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as terrified drivers

What makes you think anyone other than you was terrified? This is what you are really angry about isn't it? Not the ambulance's journey time, but about how scared it made you feel, for a purpose that is impossible for you to comprehend? It is not you who is stupid, it is the ambulance drivers, for doing complicated things that make you feel all hot and bothered.

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the number 200 was brought up by YOU in reply 15.

Yes. I was hoping to help you understand why you are wrong, using a very simple example. Keep trying, you will figure it out eventually.

Now, can you explain how the ambulance would be able to catch up to and overtake a vehicle that is 200 cars in front if it is travelling slower than it?

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Reply #57 - Jan 27^th, 2025 at 3:41pm

freediver wrote on Jan 27^th, 2025 at 3:06pm:

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as terrified drivers

What makes you think anyone other than you was terrified? This is what you are really angry about isn't it? Not the ambulance's journey time, but about how scared it made you feel, for a purpose that is impossible for you to comprehend? It is not you who is stupid, it is the ambulance drivers, for doing complicated things that make you feel all hot and bothered.

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the number 200 was brought up by YOU in reply 15.

Yes. I was hoping to help you understand why you are wrong, using a very simple example. Keep trying, you will figure it out eventually.

Now, can you explain how the ambulance would be able to catch up to and overtake a vehicle that is 200 cars in front if it is travelling slower than it?

why would i be terrified dumb dumb
i was on a bike.
he easily got past me.

it was watching the spectacle of car drivers trying to pull off a dangerous road which i found disturbing and his slower speed i found inefficient.

where did i say i was angry or terrified?

i think you are angry because your realise you are wrong

now

1 admit YOU said 200 cars, i certainly didnt. i saw him run bout 6 off the road.

2 tell us what speed you would slow down to to clear that lane (and remember as you are trying to clear the lane you have a tailgating , light flashing , sirens blaring vehicle behind you running you off the road Cry

over to you Wink

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Reply #59 - Jan 28^th, 2025 at 12:09pm

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2025 at 8:10am:

Ah. You were disturbed, not terrified.

im disturbed by your inability to answer a simple question.

looking at my picture of the roadside and assuming you were travelling at 80 kph and the ambulance came up and tailgated you, what speed would YOU exit the road at

if you arent going to slow down the ambo, you better say 80

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